. >> the national rifle association remained defiant in his interview with david gregory. >> if it is crazy to call for police and armed security to protect our crazy, then call me crazy. >> he dismissed calls for loss. >> i don't think that will make any difference. >> throughout the country, people are responding. some are buying weapons. others protesting at gun shops. >> it is insanity. >> lawmakers weigh how to deal with the issue. another stalemate in fiscal cliff negotiations. >> our colleagues are risking the fiscal cliff. >> i think we will fall out of the fiscal tree. >> lawmakers return from their holiday recess on thursday and will have their work cut out for them. danielle leigh, wbal-tv 11 news. >> 28 degrees on tv hill. a u.s. senator is charged with driving under the influence the >> george h.w. bush will be spending christmas in the hospital. >> this is a live picture of traffic at baltimore national pike. w=!n did you get chips for the party? nope. cheese plate? cheese plate...nope. i made something better. ♪ you used the oven? boom ♪ [ male announcer ] pillsbury